Americas
Latest news and updates from Americas.
Honor’s Magic V6 is the first foldable with an IP69 rating
For the third year running, Honor has announced what it says is the world's thinnest book-style folding phone. For the second year, it's combined that with the...
Meta won’t let morality get in the way of a product launch
There's never been a better time to add facial recognition to everything! The public at large is gradually becoming numb to our Palantirized surveillance state,...
How MLB can make baseball relevant on a fast-changing internet
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Resident Evil Requiem leans too much on the series’ past
Resident Evil turns 30 this year. The series is full of history - the new Resident Evil Requiem is technically the ninth mainline game, but there are a bunch of...
Polymarket defends its decision to allow betting on war as ‘invaluable’
Polymarket has been allowing people to bet on when the US would strike Iran next. Obviously, now that it's actually happened and people have died, the predictio...
The Rubin Observatory’s alert system sent 800,000 pings on its first night
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory's automated alert system is online and already bombarding astronomers with things to look at in the night sky. The system went liv...
You can still grab great deals on Bose headphones and Astro Bot this weekend
Welcome to the weekend, friends! While the rest of our team was checking out Samsung’s forthcoming Galaxy S26 lineup and prepping for Apple’s “special experienc...
Xiaomi 17 is a small(ish) phone with a big(ish) battery
Xiaomi has just given a global launch to two of its latest flagship phones, the Xiaomi 17 and 17 Ultra, along with a Leica-branded Leitzphone edition of the Ult...
Xiaomi’s Leica Leitzphone mostly earns the name
Xiaomi and Leica's long-running phone partnership just got a little closer. Alongside the new international release of its 17 Ultra flagship, Xiaomi has been en...
Xiaomi’s tracker doesn’t need a case to clip to your keys
Xiaomi has announced its first Bluetooth tracker, and while the Xiaomi Tag has a more elongated design than the Apple AirTag, that lets you use it in more place...
The Witcher is a perfect fit for Reigns’ Tinder-like roleplaying
I never knew how easy it was to die in an orgy. But that's just one of the many threats facing Geralt of Rivia in his latest adventure. The studio behind the Re...
A legendary weather app makes a comeback
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